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rr inrrniiTn ri iff' n Have an opinion? Get up out of that chair, and write a letter to the editor! r-1 3 li? LP Wednesday, February 4, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 50 See Editorial pages 4-5 Senators' performance comes under fire V - By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost After showing meager support for a mandatory activity last weekend, Student Senate was reprimanded this week, and questions have been raised concerning some senators' full-year tuition waivers and whether or not these waivers are being earned. "You guys receive a year's worth of scholarships," John Shupe, president of the student senate, told senators in a meeting Monday. "Nobody else except for very few people receive one of those, and they have to do so much more." Shupe was referring to the full-tuition waiver senators receive while in office fall, winter and spring quarters. The waiver is equivalent to Black History Month goals of diversity, education By Zachary Godwin news writer-The Signpost Weber State University's Black Scholars United and the Black Area Council are sponsoring a variety of activities in honor of Black History Month during February. Joining the national observance of Black History Month, WSU hopes to educate people of all races on cultural awareness and bring more diversity on campus through the events and activities planned. , "Black History Month is about passing on the torch of our ancestors who blazed the trail of equality. It's a celebration of the uniqueness found in all of us," said Black Student adviser Troy Franklin. By highlighting one culture, Franklin said, we are in essence recognizing the greatness of all races. Carter G. Woodson, scholar and historian, commonly referred to as the father of black history, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. As a proponent of the recognition of black achievement, he initiated Black History Week on Feb. 12, 1926. During the 1960's, Black History Week evolved into Black History Month due to the February birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black History Month starts off by emphasizing the black family. The Health Forum will feature Rev. France Davis tonight at 7 p.m. in the Diversity Center. The motion picture "Rosewood" will be shown See Black page 1 1 inside post neWS see page 2&3 $ 1 1 8 for the 1 997-98 elected term. When the senators accepted their office at the beginning of the year, they agreed to attend the 1998 Winter Leadership Retreat. WSU bylaws require student senators to attend at least six ASWSU-sponsored activities and four WSU-sponsored activities each quarter. Though senators are allowed to choose which activities they use to fulfill these requirements, last weekend's retreat was mandatory. "I went because I knew it was mandatory," said Reginald Allen, black students senator. "I think it was a very unproductive retreat as far as I'm concerned. The structure was really messed up; there wasn't enough time allotted to go to each workshop." "As far as responsibilities for the SI II s r A very blustery day... Tables toppled and lamp globes were broken by stiff winds which gusted as high as 30 miles an hour last night, according to National Weather Service observations. editorial see page 4 senate, I know attendance was a concern. I was there, and I just needed to know what exactly were the people that weren't there, were the senators suppose to obtain?" Allen asked. "I don't know what the role was for them, so I think there is some ambiguity with that." The absence of more than half of the senators from the retreat has prompted otheis in the legislative body to vent some of their concerns for the senate's performance. "I don't want to talk just about the retreat, because it is much more than the retreat," Shupe said. "There are a lot of people upset that the basics are not being done," he said. Until Nov. 15, when Aaron Campbell, WSU student body presi- rCce 1 . - 1 1 v --! features seepage 8 " J wmm I "'tmtim i . X - "s - , 1-s dent, signed a bill titled "Senate Hours," senators were required to maintain at least five office hours per week. The bill, proposed by David Butters, the health professions senator, decreased weekly required office hours to three. According to the documentation senators use to maintain their total office hours, at the end of week five of autumn quarter when senators should have logged 25 hours, only two had fulfilled the requirement. Eight of the 17 senators had not even logged 10 hours as of Nov. 10. They are only required to maintain office hours eight out of the quarter's 10 weeks. Senators should have logged nine office hours after the bill was passed for the remaining three weeks of autumn quarter. According Opinions support Tucker execution By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-77e Signpost By Angela Wadman news editor-The Signpost Karla Faye Tucker was executed by lethal injection shortly after 5:30 p.m. (MST) in Huntsville, Texas. Tucker was convicted of hacking a man and his girlfriend to death with a pick ax in 1983. While in prison, Tucker became a Born-Again Christian.She was the first woman to be executed in Texas since 1863 and the first woman executed in the nation since Velma Barfield was executed by lethal injection in North Carolina in 1 984. Both the U.S. Supreme Court and then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush refused to delay the execution. Weber State University professor of criminal justice L. Kay Gillespie said this execution opens the door for further deaths of women. "Our attitudes toward mothers and sisters are changing," Gillespie said. He added in years past, society has protected women. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 431 men and one woman have been executed, he said. "Capital punishment is gender bias," Gillespie said. WSU junior Dave Vogeler said this event proves that crime is nondiscriminatory."I think it is unfair the system held her incarceration for so long. Texas has been known for quick executions," Vogeler said. "I think it is great. Just the fact it's a women shows the justice system is not bias," sophomore Jason Schow said. Others were more outspoken in their support of Tucker's execution. "I think she should have fried. Who care's if she's a woman," sophomore Brent Payne said. "Justice is getting fried; mercy is the ability to appeal." SpOftS ...... seepage 12 to the same document, only eight senators attained that figure. "The argument was that you don't have to necessarily be in an office for five hours to do a job, but when you guys are not even doing three hours I kind of wonder," Shupe said. "Every senator knows inside of him whether he has or hasn't spent the time required to do their job," said Roque Manzanares, applied science and technology senator. "Even though, yes, we do have that requirement to do that in the office, it is sometimes not productive to do it in the office." Senators have other duties which require them to meet with their area councils, attend weekly senate meet-See Fire page 1 0 Lance Munoz, a freshman, said, "If you do a capital crime, you should get capital punishment." -According to WSU senior Wade Fowler, capital punishment is a justification for the crime that was committed no matter who did it. "She knew exactly what she was doing," Fowler said. "I don't think executions should play favor to sex." James Russell, sophomore, said, "She did the murder; she should pay for it. I wouldn't say executions are cruel. I would say if you are going to do it, go all the way." Russell added there are a lot of people on death row just sitting there. WSU junior Joe Paul said Tucker didn't seem like a killer. "She didn't look like a hardened criminal," he said. "She was cute." Hans Jenkins felt differently. He said capital punishment should only be used income cases. v "I think there are cases, but I also believe in forgiveness. It got to be looked at by different angles. It is sad," Jenkins said. In the 1850's, doctors gave patients mercury salts which in the end were killing the sick, Jenkins said. "What is the difference between that and someone who is in a deranged state," he said. "Personally, I'm not sure I have a well enough opinion. I see the arguments of both sides. I'm just glad it is not me making the decision," senior Andy Smith said. Though Tucker admitted what she did, she felt by converting to Christianity, it would disclaim her from the death penally. "In today's world, I don't think it works, because it is something easily you could claim," Russell said. Gillespie added, "Then everyone would find religion and accept Jesus. Who is to judge whether they are sincere or not?" 1 classifieds . . . .seepage 15

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rr inrrniiTn ri iff' n Have an opinion? Get up out of that chair, and write a letter to the editor! r-1 3 li? LP Wednesday, February 4, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 50 See Editorial pages 4-5 Senators' performance comes under fire V - By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost After showing meager support for a mandatory activity last weekend, Student Senate was reprimanded this week, and questions have been raised concerning some senators' full-year tuition waivers and whether or not these waivers are being earned. "You guys receive a year's worth of scholarships," John Shupe, president of the student senate, told senators in a meeting Monday. "Nobody else except for very few people receive one of those, and they have to do so much more." Shupe was referring to the full-tuition waiver senators receive while in office fall, winter and spring quarters. The waiver is equivalent to Black History Month goals of diversity, education By Zachary Godwin news writer-The Signpost Weber State University's Black Scholars United and the Black Area Council are sponsoring a variety of activities in honor of Black History Month during February. Joining the national observance of Black History Month, WSU hopes to educate people of all races on cultural awareness and bring more diversity on campus through the events and activities planned. , "Black History Month is about passing on the torch of our ancestors who blazed the trail of equality. It's a celebration of the uniqueness found in all of us," said Black Student adviser Troy Franklin. By highlighting one culture, Franklin said, we are in essence recognizing the greatness of all races. Carter G. Woodson, scholar and historian, commonly referred to as the father of black history, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915. As a proponent of the recognition of black achievement, he initiated Black History Week on Feb. 12, 1926. During the 1960's, Black History Week evolved into Black History Month due to the February birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. Black History Month starts off by emphasizing the black family. The Health Forum will feature Rev. France Davis tonight at 7 p.m. in the Diversity Center. The motion picture "Rosewood" will be shown See Black page 1 1 inside post neWS see page 2&3 $ 1 1 8 for the 1 997-98 elected term. When the senators accepted their office at the beginning of the year, they agreed to attend the 1998 Winter Leadership Retreat. WSU bylaws require student senators to attend at least six ASWSU-sponsored activities and four WSU-sponsored activities each quarter. Though senators are allowed to choose which activities they use to fulfill these requirements, last weekend's retreat was mandatory. "I went because I knew it was mandatory," said Reginald Allen, black students senator. "I think it was a very unproductive retreat as far as I'm concerned. The structure was really messed up; there wasn't enough time allotted to go to each workshop." "As far as responsibilities for the SI II s r A very blustery day... Tables toppled and lamp globes were broken by stiff winds which gusted as high as 30 miles an hour last night, according to National Weather Service observations. editorial see page 4 senate, I know attendance was a concern. I was there, and I just needed to know what exactly were the people that weren't there, were the senators suppose to obtain?" Allen asked. "I don't know what the role was for them, so I think there is some ambiguity with that." The absence of more than half of the senators from the retreat has prompted otheis in the legislative body to vent some of their concerns for the senate's performance. "I don't want to talk just about the retreat, because it is much more than the retreat," Shupe said. "There are a lot of people upset that the basics are not being done," he said. Until Nov. 15, when Aaron Campbell, WSU student body presi- rCce 1 . - 1 1 v --! features seepage 8 " J wmm I "'tmtim i . X - "s - , 1-s dent, signed a bill titled "Senate Hours," senators were required to maintain at least five office hours per week. The bill, proposed by David Butters, the health professions senator, decreased weekly required office hours to three. According to the documentation senators use to maintain their total office hours, at the end of week five of autumn quarter when senators should have logged 25 hours, only two had fulfilled the requirement. Eight of the 17 senators had not even logged 10 hours as of Nov. 10. They are only required to maintain office hours eight out of the quarter's 10 weeks. Senators should have logged nine office hours after the bill was passed for the remaining three weeks of autumn quarter. According Opinions support Tucker execution By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-77e Signpost By Angela Wadman news editor-The Signpost Karla Faye Tucker was executed by lethal injection shortly after 5:30 p.m. (MST) in Huntsville, Texas. Tucker was convicted of hacking a man and his girlfriend to death with a pick ax in 1983. While in prison, Tucker became a Born-Again Christian.She was the first woman to be executed in Texas since 1863 and the first woman executed in the nation since Velma Barfield was executed by lethal injection in North Carolina in 1 984. Both the U.S. Supreme Court and then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush refused to delay the execution. Weber State University professor of criminal justice L. Kay Gillespie said this execution opens the door for further deaths of women. "Our attitudes toward mothers and sisters are changing," Gillespie said. He added in years past, society has protected women. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, 431 men and one woman have been executed, he said. "Capital punishment is gender bias," Gillespie said. WSU junior Dave Vogeler said this event proves that crime is nondiscriminatory."I think it is unfair the system held her incarceration for so long. Texas has been known for quick executions," Vogeler said. "I think it is great. Just the fact it's a women shows the justice system is not bias," sophomore Jason Schow said. Others were more outspoken in their support of Tucker's execution. "I think she should have fried. Who care's if she's a woman," sophomore Brent Payne said. "Justice is getting fried; mercy is the ability to appeal." SpOftS ...... seepage 12 to the same document, only eight senators attained that figure. "The argument was that you don't have to necessarily be in an office for five hours to do a job, but when you guys are not even doing three hours I kind of wonder," Shupe said. "Every senator knows inside of him whether he has or hasn't spent the time required to do their job," said Roque Manzanares, applied science and technology senator. "Even though, yes, we do have that requirement to do that in the office, it is sometimes not productive to do it in the office." Senators have other duties which require them to meet with their area councils, attend weekly senate meet-See Fire page 1 0 Lance Munoz, a freshman, said, "If you do a capital crime, you should get capital punishment." -According to WSU senior Wade Fowler, capital punishment is a justification for the crime that was committed no matter who did it. "She knew exactly what she was doing," Fowler said. "I don't think executions should play favor to sex." James Russell, sophomore, said, "She did the murder; she should pay for it. I wouldn't say executions are cruel. I would say if you are going to do it, go all the way." Russell added there are a lot of people on death row just sitting there. WSU junior Joe Paul said Tucker didn't seem like a killer. "She didn't look like a hardened criminal," he said. "She was cute." Hans Jenkins felt differently. He said capital punishment should only be used income cases. v "I think there are cases, but I also believe in forgiveness. It got to be looked at by different angles. It is sad," Jenkins said. In the 1850's, doctors gave patients mercury salts which in the end were killing the sick, Jenkins said. "What is the difference between that and someone who is in a deranged state," he said. "Personally, I'm not sure I have a well enough opinion. I see the arguments of both sides. I'm just glad it is not me making the decision," senior Andy Smith said. Though Tucker admitted what she did, she felt by converting to Christianity, it would disclaim her from the death penally. "In today's world, I don't think it works, because it is something easily you could claim," Russell said. Gillespie added, "Then everyone would find religion and accept Jesus. Who is to judge whether they are sincere or not?" 1 classifieds . . . .seepage 15